Eye Heart Productions, the company behind the presentation of the Jeff Hyslop directed Good Boys and True up now at the Firehall, would like to give away a pair of tickets to a lucky reader of The Next Stage. All you have to do to win is drop a comment below answering the following skill-testing… Continue reading Free ticket giveaway for Good Boys and True!
Now that’s some tasty marketing
The cast and crew of the Fringe production Tape, happening in room 117 of the Waldorf Hotel at 1489 East Hastings Street, would like to announce that one lucky audience to one of their shows during the run - chosen completely at random - will be receiving... That is all. http://vanstage.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/fringe-bump-tape/
All right everyone, let’s have a clean Fringe, no rabbit punches and nothing below the belt…
So a couple of years back I was having a casual conversation with David Jordan, Executive Director of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. I remember I said something along the lines of "you know what would really help out my Fringing David? A critical Fringe guide. Something to help the punters like me separate the wheat… Continue reading All right everyone, let’s have a clean Fringe, no rabbit punches and nothing below the belt…
Amir Ali Alibhai of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, on the steps of the Art Gallery, 9-9-09
Fringe Bump: Tape
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Fringe Bump: Fish Face
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Fringe Bump: Drinks With Friends
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Fringe Bump: The Saddest Girl in the World
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This One Goes to Eleven: Denis Simpson
From his Wikipedia page: Denis is a Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, songwriter, writer, director, judge and humanitarian. (He is involved in charitable work with Aids organizations, and hosting local events.) The original bass vocalist for The Nylons, he left the band to appear in the Broadway musical Indigo before they became commercially successful. He… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Denis Simpson
Fringe Bump: Biographies of the Dead and Dying – Trailer
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Fringe Bump: Shotgun
RUSH’IN UNDIES Productions Presents Shotgun in the Vancouver International Fringe Festival SHOTGUN: The cramped, comic, and cathartic culture of four commuters. Spending two hours a day with work colleagues in a vehicle can take its toll. Four private school teachers commute everyday to their school in the Lower Mainland. The cozy quarters of the carpool… Continue reading Fringe Bump: Shotgun
Sneak Peek: Good Boys and True
As an addendum to this week's interview with Greg Bishop, here's the B-roll for his upcoming play, directed by Jeff Hysop... Click here for full details on this production
Innovative casting
How's this for a fun and innovative theatrical event? Local Playwright William Maranda has written a new piece called At The Corner Of Virtue And Sexmore, and is turning the casting process into a public-participation game. Billed as a 48 Hour Theatre Contest (why should film have all the fun?), the script has been quartered… Continue reading Innovative casting
This One Goes to Eleven: Greg Bishop
Greg Bishop is a hustler, in the best sense of the word. His company, Eye Heart Productions continues to roll with new and provocative work, and through it he is bound and determined to establish a new model for independent theatre funding, one that relies on business stratagems over the time-honoured grant-driven engine. And in… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Greg Bishop
Recharging
Dear and devoted readers, The Next Stage will be hanging a Gone Fishing sign on the door for the next 10 days. I'm taking a trip to Ontario to sit by a lake with a couple of beers and a couple of artist friends of mine, and administer a much-needed energizing to the batteries. Then… Continue reading Recharging
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